- to exhort; to make an effort
- hidden; secret; latent; to hide; to conceal; to submerge; to dive
- to learn to read; able to read; literate
- to have; to possess; to own
- name (of a person or thing); CL:個|个[ge4]
- to cater to; to pander to
- fashion; fad; fashionable
- to stride toward (success); to march toward; to take a step toward
- civilized; civilization; culture; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to return (an item); to send back; to go back
- lady's chamber
- angling
- around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear
- image; photograph; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- bottom
- in one's own handwriting
- to sign (one's name); signature
- to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy; an inscribed poem
- 写 xiě: 写 xie3: to write写 xiè: 写 xie4: used in 寫意|写意[xie4 yi4]
- best; had better ...; it would be best to ...
- a load on one's mind; worry; CL:宗[zong1],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- (bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- lasting for ages; long drawn out; remote in time or space; unhurried; a great number (of events); preposterous; pensive
- bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly
- not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- to entertain; to repay; to return; to reward; to compensate; to reply; to answer
- one's mind
- to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc)
- to fish with a hook and line; to angle
- fundus of the eye (containing the choroid, retina, optic nerve etc); inside the eye; right in front of one's eyes; in full view as a panorama
- aristocracy
- to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- 磐石 Pán shí: 磐石 Pan2 shi2: see 磐石市[Pan2 shi2 Shi4]磐石 pán shí: 磐石 pan2 shi2: boulder
- to sigh; to exclaim
- old name for China
- to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control
- 瓯 ōu: 瓯 Ou1: old name for Wenzhou City 溫州市|温州市[Wen1 zhou1 shi4] in Zhejiang 浙江[Zhe4 jiang1]瓯 ōu: 瓯 ou1: (pottery) bowl or drinking vessel
- to distribute; to emit; to give off
- 天涯 tiān yá: 天涯 tian1 ya2: the other end of the world; a faraway place天涯 Tiān yá: 天涯 Tian1 ya2: see 天涯區|天涯区[Tian1 ya2 Qu1]
- regent
- 载 zǎi: 载 zai3: to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year载 zài: 载 zai4: to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously
- rainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tributary of Wei River 渭水[Wei4 Shui3]